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A great many men's gratitude is nothing but a secret desire to hook in more valuable kindnesses hereafter.

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Category: Great

Authors

A. A. MilneA. B. YehoshuaA. Bartlett GiamattiA. C. BensonA. E. HousmanA. E. van VogtA. J. JacobsA. J. LangerA. J. LieblingA. J. McLean

Topics Index

1 Age

  • 1. Old age is fifteen years older than I am.
  • 2. Some say that the age of chivalry is past that the spirit of romance is dead. The age of chivalry is never past so long as there is a wrong left unredressed on earth.
  • 3. Photography suits the temper of this age – of active bodies and minds. It is a perfect medium for one whose mind is teeming with ideas imagery for a prolific worker who would be slowed down by painting or sculpting for one who sees quickly and acts decisively accurately.

2 Amazing

  • 1. The things that people do now in sports you can't even believe. These are complete total athletes. To see what human beings can do in the highest level is amazing.
  • 2. I'm one of those people that thinks the Internet is amazing and I can't believe it exists.
  • 3. Nothing is more generally known than our duties which belong to Christianity and yet how amazing is it nothing is less practiced?

3 Anger

  • 1. You can survive with anger but you can't live with it forever.
  • 2. Men make angry music and it's called rock-and-roll women include anger in their vocabulary and suddenly they're angry and militant.
  • 3. The intoxication of anger like that of the grape shows us to others but hides us from ourselves.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. We can't forget what happened on May 4th 1970 when four students gave up their lives because they had the American constitutional right of peaceful protest. They gave up their lives. And to sing that song in that spot on that anniversary was very emotional for us.
  • 2. Some people ask the secret of our long marriage. We take time to go to a restaurant two times a week. A little candlelight dinner soft music and dancing. She goes Tuesdays I go Fridays.
  • 3. The chances of a reunion now are less likely. I was thinking of having a 40th anniversary of the band but now they are really another band so it's all a bit weird.

5 Architecture

  • 1. There is a powerful need for symbolism and that means the architecture must have something that appeals to the human heart. There is a powerful need for symbolism and that means the architecture must have something that appeals to the human heart.
  • 2. Charles was very intent to use his years as Prince of Wales to make his mark while he still had freedom of maneuver that he wouldn't have as King. The first subject he really went for was architecture. It made an impact.
  • 3. If architecture is as is sometimes said music set in concrete then football and basketball may be said to be creativity embodied in team sports.
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